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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JAMES H. WIOKES, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

STOCK-CARL fdPECIFICAI'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,336,dated July 14, 1885.

Application filed June {1, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. WIGKES, a

citizen of the United States, residing at N ew- York, in the county andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inStock-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of this invention is 'to facilitate the shipping ofhorses. or other animals in cars. The peculiar and novel features in theconstruction of my car are pointed out in the following specificationand claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 represents a horizontal section in the plane y 3 Fig. 2. Fig.2is a longitudinal vertical section in the plane at a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa transverse vertical section in the plane 22, Fig. 2. Fig. 4is avertical section of one of the clearing-compartments on a larger scalethan the previous figures, the plane ofsection being indicated bythelines w 00, Figs. 1 and 2. Similar letters indicate correspondingparts.

In the drawings, the letterA designates the body of my car, in which areformed a series of stalls, B B, each affording room for one horse.

0 O are the doors, which are situated on the opposite sides of the carnear the middle of its length, but not directly opposite to each other.Through these doors access is bad to the middle compartment, D, whichdivides the stalls B from the stalls 13. The stalls are formed by meansof a number of stanchions, a a b I), and partitions c c. The stanchionsa a are situated close to one side of the car; but the stanchions b bare at a distance from the opposite side, leaving room for the mangers EE, which also allow a person to pass from one end of the car to theother, as will be hereinafter more fully explained. The partitions 0care placed obliquely", as shownin Fig. 1, and I consider the obliqueposition of the stalls important, sinceahorse standing obliquely in thecar is much less liable to be knocked about by the sudden movements andshocks of the car than a horse standing at right angles to the sides ofthe car. The first two partitions, 0* 0*, on each side of theentrancecompartment D are made each in three sections, and they arefitted into grooves 01 d in the stanchions a b, whence they can bereadily ions 1) by hinge-joints e, so that they can be.

opened to give access to the stalls nearest to the ends of the car. Eachstall is provided with its own feed-trough F or F, while the manger E iscommon to all the stalls B, and the manger E is common to all the stallsB. The feed troughs F F are secured to the stench ions 1) b. obliquepartitions 0 0, forming the clearing- On the stanchions a a are securedcompartments G G, one for each stall. In the bottom of each of thesecompartments is secured a pipe, f, (bestseen in Fig. 4.) through whichthe water of the horses'is free to discharge, and each of the partitions0 0 is provided with a door, g,which, when closed down, leaves a narrowchannel for the water to pass through, while it prevents a draft in thestall. As seen in Fig. 4, these doors 9 are hinged at the top andexposed to the action of springs g, which retain them in their closed aswell as in their open positions.

In the space between the last of the stalls B and the end of the car isplaced a water- 'tank, H, with doors 7:. h in its top, through which itcan be filled and its contents can be reached, as required. In the spacebetween the last of the stalls B and the end of the car is placedafeed-box, I, intended to receive oats or other solid food for theanimals in the car. A door, i, in the top of this box gives access tothe same. bed for the person tending the animals. This person can passthrough the manger E to the entrancecompartment, and thence through themanger E to the opposite end of the car. (See Fig. 1.)

Over each series of stalls B and B is stretched a rope, J and J,respectively, which is intended to prevent the horses from kicking. Forthis purpose I use, by preference, wire On this box may be placed aropescovered with rubber or othersoft material, so that they are not liableto produce an injury to the horses. Each rope is secured to two hangers,9' k, the hangers 9' being, situated in the entrance-compartment D, andthe hangers it each in one of the end compartments. Said hangers areprovided with notches or otherwise so arranged that the kicking-rope canbe adjusted higher or lower, and with the hanger 7c is combined a devicefor straining the kicki ng-rope-such as ashaft-on which thestrainingcord is fastened, and which can be turned in order to keep thekicking-rope taut. A ratchet-wheel and pawl preventthe shaft fromturning backward.

Thehangers jj in the entrance-com partment are hinged at the top, sothat they can be turned out of the way when horses are led in or out ofthe car.

The ventilation of the car is effected by means of shutters S, (seeFigs. 2 and 3,) which slide in guide-grooves p, and through which theinterior of the car is brought in communication with air-channels q,which extend laterally, Fig. 3, and communicate through wire screens 1'with the open air. When the shutters S are opened, therefore, the foulair from the interior of the car is free to escape, and if the doors 9in the clearing-compartments are opened a circulation of air can beproduced in the car, which is very desirable in the hot season.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i 1. Thecombination, with the stalls B B and the entrance-compartmentD,intermediate between said stalls, of the water-tank H, in one end ofthe car, and the feed-tank I, in the opposite end of the car,substantially as shown and described.

2. In a stock-car, the combination, with the stalls for receiving theanimals, of clearingcompartments G, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. In a stock-car, the combination, with the stalls for receiving theanimals, of the clearing-compartments G, one for each stall, the doorsforming a communication between the clearing-compartments and thecorrespond ing stalls, and the discharge-pipe f, substan tially as shownand described.

4. In a stock-car, the combination, with the stalls for receiving theanimals, of the ventilating-shutters S in the roof and the air-channelsq, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a stock-car, the combination, with the stalls B B, theclcaring-compartments G G, the discharge-pipes f, and the doors 9, ofventilating-shutters in the roof and the air-channels q, substantiallyas shown and described.

6. The combination, with the stalls receiving the animals, of thehangersj 7c, the kicking-rope J, secured to said hangers, and atightening mechanism secured to one of the hangers and connected withone end of the rope for straining said rope and keeping it taut,substantially as shown and described.

7. The combination, with the stalls B B and the entrance-compartmentintermediate between said stalls, of the hinged hangers j in theentrance-compartment, the rigid hangers 7c in the end compartments. andthe kickingropes J J, secured to said hangers, substantially as shownand described.

8. The combination, with the stalls for re ceiving the animals, of thehangers j k, the notches formed in the edges of the hangers, thekicking-rope secured in these notches, and a tightening mechanismsecured to one of the hangers, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES H. VVIOKES.

